Frederick harvey jiapley



(N0 Modelj F. H. RAPLEY. BODY BOLSTER'FOR RAILWAY CARS.

NQ.,'562,488. Patented June 23,1896.

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, lie it known that I, FREDERICK HARVEY ered by said RA'PLE Y, a subject of the Queen of Greatllritthe f requcnt ain and Ireland, residing at Chicago, county sill-timbers of (-ook, and State of Illinois, have invented These plates are provided new and useful Improvements in liody liolerably constr sters for Railway-( itre, of which the following atthe center is a full, clear, and exact description. ity. It is of cour This invention relates to thatclassof bolmeet the varied r -ustaining the weight of a railway-ear tion, the bottom body on its trucks and commonly known as be formed straight, so tl body-bolsters.

be minimized.

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o r i Boer-serene FOR RAELWAY-CARS.

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FREDERICK nAnyEY RAPLEY, 01 "enrol-mo, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORTO "run roxsonm PREssEo STEEL oonmxr, or m ne Pi,

ACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent no. 562,438, dated June 23, 1899.

Application flied December 33,1396. Serial l io. 573,976- (lio modeli) shown, and riveted to the bolster. clairnpurpose is to give the bolster rigidity l. A pressed steel, ear

noble it to better resist the strains entrough shape, flanged outw countered in service, thus preventing its disformed deepest at the cent igortion by such strains and shocks.

1 i and 16 represent the sill saddle-plates and ends, substantially may be formed of pressed steel, or cut from 2. The combinati 5 a rolledoneial section. hese sill-plates are body bolster of iron interposed between the wooden sills on the tegral therewith an ar-hody and the bolsters and top, and sill are secured to the top flanges of the bolster. flanges, substantially By reason of the lm crushing and common to re with noted with largest in order to obtain greater rigidso evident that, i equirements of can let the side sills, parting from th may pass under The object of my invention is to increase sary, without do the rigidity, lightness, and durability of bolinvention. 1 5 store of the class referred to. his I aeeom- N one of the various for plish by the use of aninterial speeiallyadaptsters with which I am fami ed to the purpose in their construction, sub same degree of stren 'th a je eting such material to speeial treatment in does the bolster here the manufacture of the bolster, and shaping material of which it is e go the bolster in a new and novel manner. I prooessthrough\vhiehsuch further provide improved means for attaeliin the manufacture of rari i ng the bolster to the earsills, so that injury way cars and trucks, insur io,the latter by reason of the shocks and bili-ty and tenaeityfor this strains incident-a] to railway-car service shall comewell-known cliaracte parts, notably, pressed In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 protection to wooden represents a half-sectional elevation of my constructed, is alsoaf improved holster; Fig. 2, a plan of the same, \Vhile I prefer to co and Fig. 3 a half-end elevation and-also a wing or stiffening piece 0 half-section through the center. v

A isthe bolster, preferably eonstrneted in bolster-flan trough form, having its deepest portion at of course,

the center, by pressing'out same from one siruetion or sheet of metal. The sides are provided with gether. Further, th 3 5 ontwardly-turned flanges at the to 13 and (3 represent strengthening-pieces, or of material. still'eners, and are preferably pressed into the Having thus deseri ear-sills,

s of box e the saddl ges by means of ri it myself to this fastening shape, and to secur maximum strength wit with strengthening-pieces d flanged go area of the sills cov i materially reduce 5o splintering oi the ilway-ear service, flanges, prefeross-seetion s-of eo r body bol" liar furnishes the esthe same duraboister as havebe riTst-ics of such other steel cantrnoks. The

as commonly ature of my invention. nstruet the strengthen-- or rectangular e-plates to the vets, I do not, form of con said parts totrongh shape affords in minimum quantity bed niy'ini oiit'ioii, 1%

body bolsier, oi ardly at the top, or, and .provided at its center as described.

pressed-steel, carsides formed inoutward at the saddle-plates secured i0 said 5 as described.

in order to construeproyed bolster-may the top flanges where neces- 66 e spirit of my and 3. The combination of a pressed-steel carname to this specification in the presenve of bodybelstel of trough shape, sides formed intwo subscribing witnesses. tegreltherewifli'and flan 'ed outward atthe v hep, strengthenihgieeessecured to the bo1- I lnmnhmk LAPLEY' 5 ster, and sill Budd e..-p1a'0es secured to the Witnesses:

flanges, substantially as described. FKANK M. Lu'wns,

In testimony whereof I have signed my J. CLYDE RH'HAHT. 

